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PATENT-ED JUNE 28, 1904.

T. PETERSEN.

TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. a1. 1903.

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Patented June 28, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS PETERSEN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,422, dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed August 31, 1903.

To a whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THoMAs PETERSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Top-Spinning Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My device is intended for use in spinning tops and similar toys; and the object of the invention is to produce an article of the kind described having features of novelty and advantage.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation, the body being in central vertical section. Fig. 2 is the bottom view. Fig. 3 shows a top to be used with my top-spinning device.

a is the body.

I) is the spindle supported at the top and bottom of the body, so that it can revolve freely and will maintain its alinement. The spindle is split at its lower end 0 and is centrally pierced, as at cl, to receive the stem 6 on the top f. The spindle has a hole extending through it across the split end, as at g, to re: ceive the cord h, knotted at one end, its other end extending out through a hole in the wall of the body. The body is chambered, as at a, to permit of winding up the cord on the spindle. A weight or suitable device which acts in the nature of a fly-wheel is secured to the spindle, as indicated at k.

In operation the fly-wheel is given a few turns to start the winding of the cord on the spindle.

spindle to revolve, its revolution being continued by the fly-Wheel until the cord is com- -by the spindle.

A sharp pull of the cord causes the Serial No. 171,856. (No model.)

pletely wound up, it being knotted at its outer end to prevent its running in through the hole in the body-wall. The device is now ready for use. The winding of the cord closes the split end of the spindle. The stem on the top is slightly larger than the piercing d; but the cord will yield sufficiently to allow the stem to be pushed into the hole d and be gripped A sharp pull of the cord sets the spindle revolving rapidly. At the time when the cord is entirely unwound the spindle ceases to grip the stem on the top and permits it to fall. The spindle continues revolving under the impulse of the fly-wheel until the cord is wound up and is ready for use again.

This device is detachable from the top when the top is set spinning, and it can be used on any form of a top which is provided with a stem. It is extremely simple in its operation and always ready for use.

I claim as my invention In a top-spinning device in combination the body having an opening lengthwise therethrough and having journal-bearings at its top and bottom, a spindle extending through the body and journaled at the top and bottom thereof, said spindle being split at one end and having a fly-wheel secured at its opposite end, and a cord, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS PETERSEN.

Witnesses:

H. E. HART, B. M. WALLACE. 

